Can Democrats Force a Vote to End the Iran War?

Democrats just won both the House and the Senate. So the war with Iran is over, right? Not so fast.In this solo episode, I break down what Congress can actually do to end a war, and why it almost never does it.What we cover:- The power of the purse: how Congress has cut off war funding before, from the Case-Church Amendment that ended the bombing in Cambodia to the Boland Amendments and Iran-Contra- Why Bush's 2007 veto of Iraq war funding is the template for what happens next- The War Powers Resolution, the "reset the clock" loophole, and why INS v. Chadha means Congress still needs a veto-proof majority- Why voters flipped seats over gas prices and corruption, not the war itself- The bipartisan Iran hawks who don't want this war to end- How the 2002 Iraq vote haunted Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign, and why Congress has avoided going on the record about war ever since- The cynical 2028 math: does a running war help Democrats more than ending it?Bottom line: the midterms changed who runs Congress. They didn't change the fact that the easiest thing for Congress to do is nothing.Follow the show for weekly national security and geopolitics analysis.Substack: https://substack.com/@scottatthewatersedgeorgContact: scott@atthewatersedge.org